How to Use chilling in a Sentence

chilling

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• Here stand the great and the good, the not-so-good and the perfectly chilling.
  — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• Make the Green Tomato Slaw while the crab mixture is chilling in the fridge.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
• And the idea of sending an ex-pres to the big house could have a chilling effect on the jury.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
• With Barry dead, Gene sits on the couch in chilling silence.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 29 May 2023
• Repeat, adding drips and chilling cakes, two more times.
  — Beth Branch, Country Living, 6 Sep. 2023
• The film marks Monroe's sixth leading role in a chilling genre flick.
  — Rendy Jones, EW.com, 19 July 2024
• Microfiber towels feel soft against the skin, but the chilling effect is not always dry to the touch.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 4 Aug. 2023
• The fourth part of Putin's strategy from your perspective is maybe the one that's the most chilling.
  — CBS News, 19 Jan. 2023
• Some of the most chilling changes were among citizens far from the centers of power.
  — Daniel Brook, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
• What the Nazis did say about them, however, was chilling.
  — Laurie Marhoefer, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
• The era had a chilling effect on the wider movement for gender reform.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
• Does that have a chilling effect on speech within the country?
  — Terence McGinley, New York Times, 7 June 2023
• Take a listen to this chilling video from a neighbor just across the street from Withrow High School.
  — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2024
• The lawsuit also alleges the chilling detail that the crew would have been aware that the sub was about to implode.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
• Still, pettiness in the hands of the powerful can be chilling.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• The most chilling feature of the videos is the suggestion of entrapment.
  — Nathan Hodge, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024
• Make sure to wrap your cookie dough while chilling to avoid drying out the surface.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2023
• Portland has been chilling, so to speak, with some cool, cloudy days that have even squeezed out a bit of rain at times since Sunday.
  — oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2023
• Walker finished with a chilling picture of a plaque in Iceland on the site of the first glacier to disappear.
  — Stephen Armstrong, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2024
• The law’s vagueness will have a chilling effect, Coulter said.
  — Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• But the most chilling part of Snyder’s remembrance is when the ride came to an end and Chapman came around to the driver’s-side window to pay his fare.
  — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2023
• To activate its chilling power, wet the towel, wring it out, and twirl it in the air for no-drip cooling.
  — Talene Appleton, menshealth.com, 26 May 2023
• There was no story about him without that white Ford Bronco, the bloody gloves, the two chilling murders.
  — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 9 June 2024
• Tune in for the chilling and suspenseful stories that will keep you guessing.
  — Hannah Kerns, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
• The era had a chilling effect on the broader movement for gender reform.
  — Benjamin Park, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2023
• That order had a real chilling effect on DEI efforts in the workplace at the time.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
• Amy says a chilling change followed Miller's return home.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2023
• Miller said the Senate's actions would have a chilling effect on the democratic process.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024
• The lawsuit has had a chilling effect on some landowners in the Montezuma Hills and Jebson Prairie area of the county.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• The film is a sobering case study of the chilling effect that sets in when a society is governed not by the open, free exchange of ideas, but by fear.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 2 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 23 Sep 2024